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Yanks Pound
Reds' Naktong
Beachhead
Br 0. H. P. Kiar '
WITH THE 34th REGIMENT
ON THE NAKTONG FRONT,
Tuesday, Aug. 8 -V An Amer-
can officer predicted today his
men would wipe out the com
munist beachhead- near the south
western corner of the Naktong
river defense line by tonight.
North Koreans still aline on the
American side of the river in this
area, six miles southwest of
Changnyong, were dug in. They
were under steady American ar
tillery fire.
But in some spots they were
pressing elements of the 34th in
i an try oi the 24tn division from
(This battle is being fought
roughly 20 miles north of heavy
fighting In the American .drive.
along, the southern front)
"It's today or never," said CoL
Charles E. Beauchamp, command
ing the 34th infantry. "We expect
to have them cleaned up by to
night. ,
That will mean the end of the
Fourth division as an enemy fight
ing force. ,
"About two regiments of the
enemy's Fourth division crossed
over to our side of the Naktong
in the last couple of nights. They
have dug in.
"We are hitting them with ar
tillery and air strikes."
Several sun batteries of the 24th
division were shelling the xed
force at the rate of six rounds
minute.
Doughboys of the 34th infantry,
Beauchamp said, "are fighting
magnificently.
Marines Feel First Shock of
Battle in South Korea Advance
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WITH THE U. S. MARINES IN SOUTH KOREA, Aug. T-WV
rTViavedi-Armv and marine units punched ahead through heavy en-
miv barrages and over almost impassable roads today on the . vital
Kmith TCnrean front. i
x It was a slow, difficult battle, which cost the leathernecks their
first casualties of the Korean war.
The attack was delayed by a red
artillery and mortar -barrage.
Americans replied with aircraft
fired rockets, artillery, mortars
and recoil-less 75s. . - -
Enemy fire fell accurately into
the fifth combat team's command
post, troops areas and some artil-
lery batteries.
The night before the attack was
eerie. Mysterious signal lights
flashed' from the seacoast. Flares
competed with the moon for night
time illumination. Enemy . shells
; whistled into U. S. positions. Am
erican artillery crashed out defi
ant answers.
Life Photographer David Dun
can and I heard the first enemy
shot while we crouched in a fox
hnip on the slope of a hill over
lookine the sea. A shell thundered
'into the ground near several Am
erican tanks. U. S. guns roared an
immediate reply.
Throughout the Night
Barrages continued spasmodic
throughout the nteht.
With the dawn, red shellfire In
creased, temporarily delaying the
American attack plan. Four P-80s,
with wing lights blinking, began
hunting for the communist guns.
Duncan and I had left our fox
' holes and were talking in a dry
river, bed with Marine Brig. Gen.
Edward Craig, who had just ar
. rived by helicopter, when the reds
began shelling the riverbed. Sev
eral tanks and big guns were em
placed there. We dived into gun
H positions as the communist shells
' raked the area.
One tankman was knocked off
his tank by a flying shell frag
ment. - - .
The North Koreans shortened
their range and shells began hit
ting the foxhole area we had Just
left.
Call for Medics -
Great spurts of dirt arose, fol
lowed by the chilling cry for
"corpsman, corpsman," navy med
v -' leal men who travel with the ma
lines. Two red shells smashed into
an army artillery battery area
where many marines had gather'
' ed. Again the cry for "corpsman.
corpsman." .
One man raced across the area
to another lying still and limp on
' the ground, raised him and Strug
gled toward a building. A second
shell rained dirt on them both.
Another shell whacked into
i hillside." Marines began digging
i frantically, their shovels clattering
U on the rocky ground like horses
hooves on cobblestones. . "
We ran heavily up the road to
ward the marine command post.
jeeps roared down the road, trail
ing roiling runnels or aust. A ma
rine omcer amvea at tne com
mand post and asked for counter
battery lire.- .... t
! -we nave just naa some coun-
t ter battery fire ourselves,'' an of
ficer replied. "A direct hit on
battery. Two men killed..
v ' The artillery duel continued
throughout the morning. Gull
winged marine Corsairs dived
with flaming rockets on the North
Koreans.
Just before the marines pushed
off, we met General Craig again.
. ; He was talking to wounded, ma
j rinesbeing transferred from jeeps
- ' to ambulances.
Til Be Back" )
One wounded leatherneck assur
ed him, "111 be back in a few
days."
v In mid-afternoon when marines
.set out to aid an army battalion.
.Lfuncan, am aiair oi tne Balti
more Sun, and I accompanied two
rifle companies. 4
,The marines' jackets turned
black with sweat. They began dis
t carding their equipment. The sun
. grew hotter.
Several younger marines collap
sed from heat prostration. Ambu
lance jeeps picked them up.
The column marched down a
road which army troops had clear
ed of communists earlier.
Then machine guns opened up
onus.
IMve inU Rice Paddies
The marines slid into the rice
paddies, as if swept there by a gi-
ant wind and were pinned down.
Soon a red-moustached marine,
; brandishing a carbine, reared up
right along the road and bellowed
"Get up. soddamitl ThevV.
ed a hundred rounds and haven't
xui anyuung yet Are you ma
. rines? Get un and ret soin
Soldiers dug in on a hill west of
u. uuuica mortars and machine
gun fire into the village from
' which the reds were shooting. Un
der that umbrella and the verbal
lashing, the marines got up and
piungea iorward, i
- Call Issued for
Bean Pickers
A call for about 150 bean pick
ers went out Monday from 'the
Salem office of the state emolu
ment service. t
WUliam Baillie, manager,' said
truqks would load pickers at the
office, 710 Ferry street, at 6 o'-
clock this morning. He added that
those wishing to drive out to yards
may obtain information by calling
the office, 3-9288. .. '
Beans are in their third picking
and are approaching the harvest
peak, Baillie said. He expects the
demand for harvesters to' increase
for the rest of the week. Picking
price is 2H cents per pound.
' Marines Check Equipment oil Way to Frbnt
Purple Heart
To Sell Violas
Viola sale cards were placed in
Salem business houses Monday as
preliminary to the annual viola
sale by the Military Order of the
Purple heart Street sales of the
flowers will begin Friday noon.
Mayor Robert L. Elfstrom com
mended the Salem chapter for its
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Feel Effect of
Mobilization
Harriman Talks to MacArthur
After Visit to Korea Battlef ront
SOUTH KOREA, Aug. 7 first Division Marines check gear at Sooth noresn rail station before bearding
train for the forward area and their first taste ex action. (AT wirepnoio 10 ine oiatcsman;.
B-29 Wreckage at Fairfield-Suisan Base
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PORTLAND, Aug. 7 Un
cle Sam's military arm today was
extending its "Korean" reach into
Oregon manpower and tighten
ing the grip.
Here is what happened:
. 1 The first navy officer to be
called involuntarily for active
duty, Lt (jg) A. L. Parks, Port
land,' was ordered to report for
cargo vessel deck duty. He had
Pacific duty in World War II on
a navy cargo ship,
2 Processing of enlisted naval
reserves had totaled 150 and more
are on tap. Some 36 are to report
here Friday for exams.
3 The army's Oregon military
district moved its processing of
some 1614 enlisted inactive re
servists into high gear. They are
aU to be examined by August 20
and those taken will have 21 days
to report for active duty.
4 The air force s new proces
sing center was ready to receive
its first quota of air-force reserve
volunteers 110 officers and men
Wednesday. These will come
from Washington, Oregon, Idaho
and Montana.
5 Oregon selective service was
set to boost its army and air force
pre-induction examination sched
ule to 100 a day as soon as the
navy moves its offices back to the
building it used during the war,
6 Marine corps reservists of the
105 mm. howitzer battalion of Or
egon go on Uncle Sam's payroll
tomorrow morning. They will be
gin active duty drills prior to de
parture for Camp Pendleton, Calif
where the 17th Engineer company,
Portland, is now assigned.
7 Marine corps reserve Oregon
headquarters at Portland's Swan
island reported about 1,000 officers
and enlisted men of the inacuve
reserve are eligible for call under
the navy's announcement made
at Washington, D.C., today.
TOKYO,' Tuesday, Aug. 8-W-,
W. Averell Harriman, special as
sistant on foreign affairs to Pres
ident Truman, held his second
lengthy conference today with!
General MacArthur.
Among problems believed to be
under discussion was whether Un
ited Nations forces should cross
the 38th parallel dividing line
between communist north and re
publican South Korea - - once the
allied offensive gets rolling.
A reliable source said Mac-
Arthur would tell the special en
voy that victory could not be
secured without pushing the drive
across the 38th parallel into North
Korea. t
Harriman spent Monday In Kor
ea where he took a close-UD look
at the fightine. He returned to
-m Tr-f liuajru cxiremeiy . impresses - py
Grandson Hurt lamed teamwork-
Mrs. Norton,
Lumber Load
Crushes Cars
FAIRFIELD-SUISAN BASE, Calif. Aug. 7 Captain Robert 55. Hamui, neia provost marsnmi mspecu
what remains of the tail gun section ef the B-Z9 bomber wwen crasnea ana expioaea at rairaera
Soisan air force base August 5. It was disclosed the plane carried 500-pound demolition bombs. When
it exploded it spewed burning gasoline and wreckage over nearby trailer camp.. (AP Wirephoto to
The Statesman),
efforts to raise funds for rehabil
itation work among wounded vet-
erans. "This organization of Am
erica's combat wounded veterans,
in its work to aid their less for
tunate brethren, clearly merits our
support in their annual viola sale
this Friday and Saturday,' ' Elf
strom said.
Californians Say:
Excels in SERVICE and
FObD QUALITY
Car & Dining RoomService
On 99E, Ml N. of Underpass
Ed Howard Buys
McArthur Ranch
Wiley Weathers has sold the for
mer L. A. McArthur ranch of 285
acres near Rlckreall to Ed How
ard of Amity who has taken pos
session. Weathers, who bought the
place several months ago and has
just completed a new residence on
it, has moved to another farm on
Mission Bottom.
A. N. Duncan, Salem realtor,
handled the deal. Consideration
was not stated.
MILX, CITY, Aug. 7 A load of
lumber tpopled off a truck here
today and smashed two parked
cars in front of the Mill City Drugstore.
The truck had just come down
the steep hill in the middle of town
this morning. Its breach, a pole
connecting the trailer to the truck,
broke and the load tipped off.
Both cars were smashed flat
The truck belonged to the Shields
Remine company. No one was injured.
In Auto Crash
Mrs.' Clara Norton, 61, 1140
Darrell Farmer, 12, of the same ad
dress, were taken to Salem Gen
eral hospital Monday night after
suflermg injuries in . a ' two-car
crash at North Summer and Jef
ferson streets.
Mrs. Norton incurred a severe
gash on the head and young Far
mer suffered bruises. Tne youth
was released after a hospital
checkup.
Police said Mrs. Norton was
driving east on Jefferson street
and collided with a car operated
by Delmer C Kaban, Puyallup,
Wash., who was proceeding north
on Summer. The Norton car was
knocked up on the curb and the
driver and young passenger
thrown from the vehicle.
Farmer, an Oregon Statesman
carrier, called the first am am
bulance to the scene. The injured
pair were taken to the hospital by
City Ambulance service. Kaban
was uninjured.
Safecracker
Still at Large
Charles Keith Gepner, 22-year-
old safecracker who escaped from
a prison annex work detail Sun
day night, was still at large Mon
day night, state police reported.
liepner with tnree outers was
sentenced to serve five years in
the state penitentiary in May 1949
for the theft of a safe from the
Y cafe on the Salem-Dallas high
way. The quartet was nabbed in
California several weeks after the
crime and were tried at Dallas.
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